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National Survey of Economic Development Organizations, 1999 (ICPSR 4434)

Principal Investigator(s):Green, Gary P., University of Wisconsin

Summary:

This data collection was a part of a larger research
project designed to examine the role of public-private partnerships
and local development organizations (LDO) in rural America. Most
studies of local development policy have examined the activities of
local governments, or, in a few cases, the effects of LDOs. There has
been, however, little research on how local governments and
development organizations interact, the effects of their activities on
policies, and the outcomes of those po... (more info)

This data collection was a part of a larger research
project designed to examine the role of public-private partnerships
and local development organizations (LDO) in rural America. Most
studies of local development policy have examined the activities of
local governments, or, in a few cases, the effects of LDOs. There has
been, however, little research on how local governments and
development organizations interact, the effects of their activities on
policies, and the outcomes of those policies on job and income
growth. The purpose of this research project was to gain a better
understanding of the organization of economic development in
nonmetropolitan areas, specifically, what factors led to policy
adoption and the creation of an LDO in a community.

In the fall of 1999, this survey was sent to the local development
organizations listed on the NATIONAL SURVEY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1998 (ICPSR 4433) or found through a variety of
Web sites that included lists of development organizations operating
in the given community.

Each local economic development organization was surveyed on labor
unions, business incentives, and economic development activities
(small business development, business attraction, and business
retention/expansion). A series of questions were asked about the board
of directors, their primary professions/affiliations, race/ethnic
composition, gender, and how they were selected. Respondents were
also asked about their relationships with other organizations, like
private lending institutions, Chamber of Commerce, real estate or
property developers, and citizen advisory groups.

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Universe:
Local economic development organizations in the United
States identified from the NATIONAL SURVEY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ICPSR 4433) or from lists of development
organizations in the given community.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) The case count indicated in the technical report
(located in the appendix of the codebook) does not match the case
count in the data collection. (2) The technical report describes
additional data analyses. See ICPSR 4433 for the data corresponding to
the NATIONAL SURVEY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. ICPSR
does not have the data corresponding to the case studies or the paired
comparison analysis.

Methodology

Sample:
Approximately 1,300 organizations received the survey
questionnaire. The surveys that were returned comprised the study
population, which included organizations operating at the
multi-county, county, city/town/borough level, or neighborhood level,
as well as some operating at the greater than city, but less than
county level.

Mode of Data Collection:
mail questionnaire

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection: